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Autopsy Finds Fatal Head Trauma From Blows in Massa Killing

A preliminary report strengthens the homicide case against five identified youths.

Overview

  • Friday's preliminary autopsy details point to a severe brain bleed and a jaw forced out of place by blows.
  • The medical examiner will deliver the full report within 30 days.
  • Investigators named five suspects who now face accusations of voluntary homicide and aggravated rioting.
  • A juvenile judge upheld the arrest of a 17-year-old with a boxing background, who is held in a Genoa intake center.
  • The violence began after Bongiorni and his brother-in-law told youths to stop throwing bottles at a shop window in Massa's Piazza Felice Palma.